A former New York City police officer has been arrested for allegedly spray-painting anti-Semitic profanities on cars and buildings in a mostly Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood — including the front doors of a religious elementary school.

Michael Setiawan was picked up this morning after police received a 911 call on Saturday night about the swastikas, and other anti-Semitic graffiti in Borough Park.

The 36-year-old faces charges of criminal mischief and aggravated harassment as hate crimes.

Setiawan was a city officer until 2007, serving in Brooklyn's 69th precinct in the Canarsie neighborhood, police said.

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Caught in the act: Video captured a man spraying anti-Semitic graffiti on cars and buildings in predominantly Jewish Brooklyn neighborhood on Saturday night. Former NYPD officer Michael Setiawan, 36, has been arrested.

The words
spray painted in red were found on 15 vehicles and four buildings near
the Bnos Zion synagogue and school run by the ultra-Orthodox Bobov
community.

The
disturbing rants included 'f*** you Jews' and 'Jews ain't s***',
mostly along Dahill Rd. and 37th St., and 14th Ave. near 38th St.

But people did get hurt, said state Assemblyman Dov Hikind, who represents the area.

'This
was not a victimless crime,' Hikind said. 'We have many Holocaust
survivors here, many elderly people and children who are appropriately
frightened by unprovoked hate attacks upon their schools and community.
... Hate attacks on our community will not go unpunished.'

Troubling: Michael Setiawan is accused of spray painting swastikas and racial slurs in red on buildings and cars in Borough Hall, Brooklyn last night

Shocking: Borough Hall's Orthodox Jewish community were outraged when buildings and vehicles in the area were spray painting with anti-Semitic racial slurs and swastikas

Attack: The words spray painted in red were found on 15 vehicles and four buildings near the Bnos Zion synagogue and school run by the ultra-Orthodox Bobov community in Borough Hall

City Councilman David Greenfield said the community sprung into action to help police find the vandal.

The
Borough Park Shomrim, the community’s safety patrol, found the parents
of a 10-year-old boy who said he saw the suspect leaving and remembered
the license plate, Greenfield said, according to AM New York.

'It was certainly impressive,' Greenfield said of the quick arrest.

Thomas Setiawan said his son asked him for the keys to the family car around 8pm Saturday, saying he'd left something inside.

'Then we looked out, and the car was gone,' the elder Setiawan said, adding that he and his wife became worried.

He said their son has had mental health issues and that he was depressed and suicidal after leaving the police force. They didn't know why he was no longer an officer, telling them only, 'I want to quit'.

Vandalism: Michael Setiawan is accused of spray painting slurs such as 'f*** you Jews' and 'Jews ain't s***' on cars and buildings in Borough Hall, Brooklyn

Before joining the force, Michael Setiawan had been laid off from a job at a Long Island cosmetics factory, Thomas Setiawan, 66, said.